Thursday, March 13, 2008
Love is a single reality with different dimensions that are needed or emerge at different times... This is eros, or the 'madness' that intoxicates, displaces reason and drives a person powerfully toward another... But for all its thrills, this dimension is not enough. In fact, on its own it becomes an obstacle to the maturing of the relationship... The other dimension is the reaching out of one person to the other... It is a journey toward authentic self discovery and happiness. This is played out in different ways: the sharing of hopes, dreams, values, desires, sorrows and disappointments, successes and failures, laughter and tears... I learned that when the two dimensions of love are combined -- the thrill of eros and disinterested self giving, in measures that move like waves over time and vary in intensity with the maturity of the individuals -- love achieves its true grandeur...
A brilliant take on love in its modern sense at MercatorNet. Read it here.
A brilliant take on love in its modern sense at MercatorNet. Read it here.
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